Pumpkins and squash for sale

Goosebump Pumpkins? We-Be-Little Pumpkins? How cute can you get. All found at Carpinito Brothers, less than a mile down the road from Downtown Renton.

Carpinito Brothers Farm
1148 Central Ave N
Kent, WA 98032
(253) 854-5692

What I saw today in Renton

Come and get your pumpkin cupcakes - Common Ground Coffee and Cupcakes

Sometimes you can have your cake and eat it too. If you are nice, believe in the power of the pumpkin patch and share bites (occasionally, when forced ) of your cupcakes, then you just might come out ahead. The Picaroon certainly did yesterday, when taste testing the newest flavor at the Common Ground Coffee & Cupcakes - Pumpkin. Pumpkin flavored icing on top of a moist pumpkin spice cake. Heavenly harvest, come to mama!



The sweet side of blogging about Renton is getting to know the lighter fare of our little burg's life. Other bloggers have gone where The Picaroon has tread - and with far more serious and investigative baking intents. One food blog that I love to peek in on, Cakespy, visited our dear downtown to have cupcakes on a handful of occasions and then wrote a review. On the very day Cakespy wrote about our tasty little frosted treats, an even bigger blog began featuring her on her blog's front page, the wonderful Bakerella. So now, people across the globe were wishing they were in Renton and eating our deserts. So I am sincerely hoping that you are not taking Common Ground Coffee and Cupcakes for granted and that you will soon be heading in for some fall festiveness. Little iced pumpkin cakes, cup sized and crazily scrumptious.

Common Ground Cupcakes and Coffee
900 South Third St.(425) 235 - 1717
www.commongroundcupcakes.com

Pumpkins in the yogurt

Every Wednesday, Dawn Hart, manager, goes creative and creates a new flavor for the yummy frozen yogurt they serve up at Yoggi Yogurt. Until Friday, you can savor the Pumpkin Spice yogurt topped with festive candies or even fresh pomegranate or papaya (amongst a whole cornucopia of other tasty toppings). This was my taste treat today - and there was no sharing, by golly. I devoured every last spoonful - delicious, and you would never know it was full of healthy probiotics, low in calories and completely good for you (minus the trick or treat candies, mind you!)

Update: The Go Deli Sandwich Shop (owned by the same owners as Yoggi Yogurt and the corner Pho restaurant) that we have all been waiting for with baited breath, received it's final inspection yesterday (again!). The new word is that it will be open by the end of October. Whew! It's about to get colder and we all need some fresh, hot luncheon treats to get us through the winter months. So, keep your eyes open for a new midday meal destination soon.

Yoggi FrozenYogurt 801 S. Third St. (425) 204 - 9991

Renton is rolling in pumpkins

Need I say more? Found on my walks and meanderings in Renton. Gorgeous to behold. Harbingers of the season.

Foreshadow of Fall

You know me - bright green house, pumpkins on the nearby ground basking in the noon day sun and a couple of inviting chairs - gotta take a photo. North Renton in the Indian Summer - wasn't yesterday simply amazing!?

Pumpkin Muffinsmmmmmm.......!

I can't help it - I love to bake. Soooo there is going to be some foodies that might appreciate the moment or two that I take to moon over the goodies of the season - like pumpkin muffins. I like to go on the web and look for tasty recipes that contain ingredients that I think are necessary for a tasty baked morsel - in this case (as in many of my ventures in the oven arena), butter and a notion of good spices. I can improvise - no doubt- but I like to see a recipe that calls for more than just cinnamon - I mean, come on guys! When did Allspice and Mace fall off the face of the planet ? Here is the link to these very succulent pumpkin goodies - remember- don't grease the pan, just use the muffin papers and life will be good - real good.http://southernfood.about.com/od/pumpkinbreadrecipes/r/bl30202q.htm